Celastraceae
Grass-of-Parnassus
Parnassia palustris
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Parnassia
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Common names
By language (43)
- Arabic
- بارناسيا
- arz
- عشب بارناسوس
- Azerbaijani
- Bataqlıq ağtərəsi
- Belarusian
- Відомец балотны
- Bulgarian
- Блатна росица
- Catalan
- Fetgera blanca, Parnassie des Marais
- Chinese
- 梅花草
- csb
- Dzewikwiat
- Czech
- Tolije bahenní
- Danish
- Leverurt, Leverurt-slægten
- Dutch
- Parnassia
- English
- Grass-of-Parnassus, Marsh grass of Parnassus, Bog star, Marsh parnassia, Marsh grass-of-Parnassus, Bog-star, Northern grass-of-Parnassus
- Estonian
- Harilik ädalalill, Ädalalill
- Finnish
- Vilukko, Suovilukko
- French
- Parnassie des marais
- Georgian
- Პარნასურა
- German
- Sumpf-Herzblatt, Parnassie des Marais, Studentenröschen, Sumpfherzblatt
- grc
- Ἄγρωστις ἐν Παρνασσῷ
- Greek
- Παρνασσία η ελοχαρής
- hsb
- Bahnowy jenačk
- Hungarian
- Fehérmájvirág, Mocsári tőzegboglár
- Icelandic
- Mýrasóley
- Igbo
- Grass-of-Parnassus
- Japanese
- ウメバチソウ, ウメバチソウ属, コウメバチソウ, 梅鉢草
- Latvian
- Purva atālene
- Lithuanian
- Pelkinė mandrauninkė, Parnassie des Marais
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Jåblom
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Jåblom
- Persian
- آلاله سفید
- Polish
- Dziewięciornik błotny
- Russian
- Белозор болотный, Золотничка болотная, Ильинская трава, Осенний цвет, Белозор туполепестковый
- sah
- Чэмэлиидэ
- se
- Beaivečalbmi, Suotnjočalbmi
- Serbian
- Талија
- Serbian (Latin)
- Talija
- Slovak
- Bielokvet močiarny, Parnasia močiarna
- Slovenian
- Močvirna samoperka
- smn
- Piäivááčalme
- Spanish
- Hepática blanca, Hepatica blanca, Parnasia
- Swedish
- Slåtterblomma, Hjerteblomma, Hjärteblomma, Parnassie des Marais
- Tatar
- Саз тавыкчәчәге
- Ukrainian
- Білозір болотний, Маточник білий, Мудник
- Welsh
- Brial y gors
Synonyms
- Enneadynamis polonorum Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 8,294 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chao 江星辰, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sarah Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nadezhda Kiseleva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: K.vliet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pete_gateley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Milanaranim, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Parnassia amoenaCelastraceae
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- Parnassia bifoliaCelastraceae
- Carolina grass of ParnassusParnassia carolinianaCelastraceae
- Parnassia davidiiCelastraceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.